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Welcome to the Community Show

By Roger Vize

The Community Show is a one hour podcast focusing on activism and campaigning is recorded live every Monday at 5pm. The show aims to provide up-to-date news about community campaigns, actions and events from around Australia, including interviews with members of the climate action group community. …read more      

Seattle Celebrates Early Rollout of Light-Rail Expansion

By Sandy Smith

Crowds rung in Sound Transit’s new ULink light-rail extension in Seattle Saturday. (Credit: Sound Transit)

Our weekly “New Starts” roundup of new and newsworthy transportation projects worldwide.

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5 Beautiful Books That Belong on Every Urbanist’s Coffee Table

By Anna Clark

Transit Maps of the World by Mark Ovendon tells the fascinating stories of transit systems that collided with history.

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Iceberg wipes out 150,000 penguins

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Plea to save vanishing tropical coral species

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Making bicycling safer for kids with ADHD

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Divorce On the decline in sub-Saharan Africa

With education, employment and income levels all rising for women in sub-Saharan Africa, many observers have speculated that divorce rates would follow suit — as they have in much of the developed world. But a new study finds that divorce rates across 20 African countries over the past 20 years …read more      

PTSD resources lacking for nonveterans

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8 Ways to Reduce Your Child's Anxiety During the Holidays

It is normal for our children to experience more stress and worry during the holidays. Among the traditional stressors of everyday life come common seasonal anxieties such as worrying how the family will get along during get-togethers and meals, worrying about getting all the vacation homework …read more      

Quality Early Learning Must Be Affordable

Today’s 20-somethings are having fewer babies than any generation in U.S. history. One big reason is that raising children is expensive. In the Granite State, the average annual cost for an infant in a full-time child care facility is almost $12,000. For young parents struggling to make ends meet, that’s …read more      

5 Networking Strategies for Working Parents

We have all heard that effective networking is one of the best ways to develop professional connections. It’s true. But if you are a working mom, you are probably laughing (or crying) at the thought of attending after-work happy hours or lunch meetings. With our extended list of obligations to …read more      

10 Presents for Kids and the Passive Aggressive Messages Intended for You

I always appreciate it when someone buying presents for my kids asks for suggestions. It makes it less likely I’ll be embarrassed by a child who isn’t capable of faking a smile when they unwrap a pair of socks or a toy they already own because …read more      

Remembering Your Worth This Holiday Season

I’m hiding in my car listening to the rain fall on the roof while my kids are in dress rehearsal for their upcoming dance performance. I just don’t have the energy to be in there. Most people see me as an extrovert, …read more      

Giving Kids, and Ourselves, the Courage to Be Kind

The signboard outside my neighborhood church got my attention: Does kindness have a chance? Isn’t that what we’re all wondering these days? Last month’s horrific attacks in Paris staged by the militant group ISIL, followed by the tragic murder of fourteen Americans in San …read more      

The Gun at the Gate and the Children Beyond

If you go through life minimally aware of the survival-based reality of billions of people around the world, a sunny morning walk around your single-family neighborhood, with clear views of the beautiful Hudson highlands, ought to make you feel pretty lucky, if not altogether privileged. I …read more